//=============================================================================
//  BBDSoft General component library
//  Copyright (C) 2001, UAB "BBD SOFT" ( http://www.bbdsoft.com/ )
//
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//
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// Permission to modify the code and to distribute modified code is granted,
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//
//  The author of this program may be contacted at developers@bbdsoft.com
//=============================================================================

#ifndef _EBCDICCONVERTER_
#define _EBCDICCONVERTER_

#ifndef _STRING_
   #include <string>
#endif

using std::string;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class EBCDICConverter
{
public:

   static char toASCII (const char inChar);
   static char toEBCDIC (const char inChar);
   static string toASCII (const string & inString);
   static string toEBCDIC (const string & inString);

   // IBM Mainframe uses big endian
   // i.e. most significant byte first 
   // INTEL processor uses little endian
   // i.e. least significant byte first 
   static short swapShort (const short inWord);
   static long  swapLong (const long inDWord);

protected:

private:

   EBCDICConverter ();
   ~EBCDICConverter ();

   // disable copy constructor and assignment operator
   EBCDICConverter ( const EBCDICConverter & );
   EBCDICConverter & operator = ( const EBCDICConverter & );

   static char theEBCDICtoASCIITable [256];
   static char theASCIItoEBCDICTable [256];
}; // end EBCDICConverter class declaration

#include "ebcdicconverter.inl"

#endif